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Religion

It was a warm summer night in a town near Washington, D.C.
A group of friends sat around a backyard table eating dinner when a young man with a gun appeared and interrupted the dinner party, according to a 2016 NPR story.
“Give me your money or I’m going to start shooting,” he said, pointing the gun at one of the women.
The people believed him; however, no one had any money on them.
So, they started talking to the man, first trying to play on his guilt: “What would your mother think about you doing this?”

Do you ever wonder what brings people to church?
Not just on Christmas and Easter or Mother’s Day because it’ll keep your mom off your back, but week after week week -- willingly. Because you want to.
Chances are, many of you who are reading this attend church regularly, although some of you don’t.
If you don’t, do you ever wonder why others do?

The news was horrific and sordid: Church staff member arrested for a sexually salacious crime.
Sadly commonplace, it happens all over the U.S. — you just never expect it to happen to your church.
But last week, it happened to mine when our former worship director was arrested and charged with multiple sex-related crimes against minors.
A local sheriff’s detective called him a “textbook predator.”
We as a church loved him — still love him. And we as a church abhor what he has done.

“How Great Thou Art” was beautifully sung in harmony by the mother and daughter duo of Louann and Morgan Waldner who were visiting Roy, Nila, and Alice Marksberry from California, along with Mason and Callie. Joe McNay gave the message from James 3: 2-10 Sunday morning. Sunday evening, Mike Marston’s message was from Exodus 8:25, 28.
Happy birthday to Angie Weddle. Happy anniversary to John David and Kara Jean Criswell and Joe and Tina McNay.

One of the great pleasures in life is being able to say, “I told you so.”
I don’t get to say it often, but when I do, especially when I can say it to my husband, I do it with immense glee. I may even dance around and sing.
Moms get to say I told you so a lot.
Remember Ralphie’s mom in “A Christmas Story?” Ralphie kept asking for Red Ryder BB gun and his mom kept saying, “You’ll shoot your eye out.”